Safety pin



G. OCCHIPINTI ET AL Feb; 5 1924.

SAFETY PIN Filed Oct. 16. 1920 Giowmwz W is ATTORNEY.

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Patented Feb. 5, 1924:.

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GIOVANNI QCGHIPINTI AND ATTILIO BIANCHI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY PIN.

Application filed. October 16, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GIOVANNI OCCHI- PINTI and Arrimo BIANCHI, subjects of the King of Italy, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safety pins and has for its primary object the provision of a pin which will be formed from a single piece of wire and which will include a novel form of guard member and perfo rated point, the latter co-acting with one terminal of the wire so as to prevent accidental withdrawal of the point from the guard when the pin is closed, the co-acting terminal of the wire being provided with a lug which is positioned with respect to a part of the guard so that said part operates as a guide and deflector for operatively registering the perforation with the lug when closing the pin.

Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement of parts which will hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, has been illustrated, a single and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitations are necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted towhen desired.

Figure 1, is a side view of the pin showin the same closed.

Figure 2 is a similar View with parts in section. V

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the perforated point.

In carrying the invention into practice, use is made of a single piece of wire bent in substantially oval formation and provided with a lead 5, a point 6, and a connecting spring coil 7 between said lead 5 and point 6. The lead or branch 5 is curved at 7 and crimped or suitably secured about the same is a guard plate 8 open at one Serial No. 417,290.

and it is then terminally curved about the s end 12 of the lead or branch 5. The said end 12 carries an angularly disposed pointed lug 13 which is slightly spaced from the guide 11. The guide 11 is extended in relatively close proximity to the free edge 14 of the deflector 10 so that in the act of laterally moving the free end of the point 6 into the guard in the direction of the arrow in Figure 3, the said free end of the point will be first directed against the deflecting flange 10 and then brought against the guide flange 11. Under the action of the spring loop 7, the free end of the point is then moved so as to cause the perforation 15 in said point to operatively engage with said lug 13. The guide 11 therefore serves as a means for establishing registration of the lug 13 with said perforation 15, thus facilitating the operation of latching or locking the point as will be understood.

From the construction described, it will be understood that when the point 6 is arranged in the guard 8 as shown in Figure 2, the perforation 15 being engaged by the lug 13 will prevent casual pulling out of the free end of the point from said guard.

hat is claimed as new is 2- A safety pin comprising a single piece of wire bent in oval formation and provided with a branch and a connected point, the latter movable with relation to the former and having its free end formed with a perforation, the branch having its free end curved and provided with a lug having flared sides terminating at the same positions at their joinder with said end, and a guard member secured to said curved part of the branch and provided with an open side to accommodate adjustments of the point, a guide located at one side of the lug, and a deflector arranged out of alignment with said guide and in vertical alignment with said lug and serving on lateral adjustment of the free end of the point into said. guard to deflect the said end toward said guide, the deflector serving to operatively position the point with said lug, the guide spaced laterally from the lug whereby alignment of the perforation is made with said lug, the open side of the guard terminating below the free end of said lug, the termination of the flared sides of the said lug at the same point of joinder with said end serving to permit the eye of said point to be freely removed from said lug when it is desired to open the pm. 7 V

In testimony whereof We have aflixed our 10 signatures.

GIOVANNI OCCHIPINTI ATTILIO BIANCHI. V V 

